"I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I allow myself to use -- silence, exile, and cunning." -- James Joyce

You know, Wabulon, I actually pointed this out to the students on the first day -- I noted that, while I might not look well, I wasn't actually dead, and that my opinion on the topic was really no better than theirs.